Contrary to what all the epidemiologists are telling you, we actually know a lot about #Omicron
A short thread filled with Classical facts
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A short thread filled with Classical facts
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Omicron is the 15th letter in the Greek alphabet
It literally means ὂ μικρόν or "small o" to distinguish it from the last letter in the Greek alphabet: Ω omega (the big O)
Remember that when making your O face
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It literally means ὂ μικρόν or "small o" to distinguish it from the last letter in the Greek alphabet: Ω omega (the big O)
Remember that when making your O face
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The ancient Greeks had a confusing number system. Letters were numbers. So alpha was one, beta was two, gamma was three, delta was four
Omicron was 70. What!
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Omicron was 70. What!
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What's really cool is that the Greek letters that were numbers included letters that were no longer used
So, digamma (ϝ) was six and koppa (ϙ) was 90
So yeah, always remember that
ζ x ι = ο (get it?)
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So, digamma (ϝ) was six and koppa (ϙ) was 90
So yeah, always remember that
ζ x ι = ο (get it?)
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As one might expect there are lots of Greek words that used the letter omikron
Even the word "the" (at least in masculine nominative form) was
ὁ (pronounced "ho")
As @sentantiq pointed out, lots of negative words started with an omicron
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Even the word "the" (at least in masculine nominative form) was
ὁ (pronounced "ho")
As @sentantiq pointed out, lots of negative words started with an omicron
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https://twitter.com/sentantiq/status/1464666745243938827?t=hEefB_SBPb1n5nj4q6hBwQ&s=19
Even the negative "not" started with an omicron "οὖ"
So, in reality, we don't not know a whole lot about #Omicron. We just need to ask Classicists to tell us more
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So, in reality, we don't not know a whole lot about #Omicron. We just need to ask Classicists to tell us more
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